It will take 218 seats to rule the House, and although neither party has reached the threshold, the numbers appear to favor the GOP. The Associated Press count put Democrats in 197 seats while Republicans had claimed 209.

Republicans have retained control of the U.S. House of Representatives maintaining the majority in the chamber over Democrats following a fierce 2024 election for a few dozen House seats.

More than a week after Election Day, control of the House of Representatives has yet to be decided. Out of the 435 seats in Congress’s lower chamber, 12 have yet to be called. How many of these seats — most of them concentrated in slower-counting Western states such as California and Arizona — does each party need for a 218-seat majority?